Wire fastener



March 9 1929- G. F. VOIGHT 1,706,009

" WIRE FASTENER Original Filed y 1924 2 Sheets-Sneak l March 19, 1929.

G. F. VOIGHT WIRE FASTENER Original Filed ly 17, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet I VVE'A/TUR Patented Man 19, 192%.

TATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. VOIG-HT, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO ECONOMY PRODUCTS CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

WIRE FASTENER.

App1ication filed July 17, 1824, Serial No. 726,556. Renewed February 6, 1929.

My invention relates to improvements in wire fasteners particularly useful for attaching wire lath in outstanding relation to the wood-work of stucco structures, although also useful for other purposes.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a spacing block of fibrous com position normally locked on the forward end of a nail, but movable along thereon for cooperation with the head thereof for holding the wire lath therebetween when the nail is operatively driven into the wood-work a proper distance.

A further object is the provision of a wire fastener comprising a spacing block secured to a support by a nail, the spacing block formed of composition that will give or yield sufficiently to permit the lath to become embedded in the face thereof to a more or less degree when forced thereagainst by the head of the nail when the nail is operatively driven in the support a proper distance.

A still further object is the provision of a wire fastener comprising a. spacing block formed of composition and having a central opening, and a nail having a shank of substantially larger diameter than the diameter of said opening adapted to be forced a distance thereinto and frictionally wedged therein, whereby said nail may be carried by said block.

A still further object is the provision of a spacing block of fibrous composition attached to the face of building paper secured to the wood-work of a structure by a nail driven through said block and paper and into said woodwork, said spacing block and building paper being separately water-proofed by being impregnated or otherwise treated with asphaltum pitch or like mineral pitch, the arrangement being such as to form a watertight joint or connection between the spacing block and building paper.

Vith the foregoing and still further objects and purposes in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a. side elevation of a wire fastener constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a. median sectional view thereof;

Figure 3 shows one of the fasteners in its final position on the wall of a structure, with a section of wire lath confined between the spacing block and the head of the nail;

Figure a is a. median vertical sectional view of the device attached to the wall of a structime;

Figure 5 is an end view of the fastener attached to the wall;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but with the nail head cut away;

Figure 7 is a median sectional view of one of the spacing blocks and a side view of a nail detached therefrom, showing the relative diameters of the nail shank and the opening through the spacing block, a portion of the nail being broken away;

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a spacing block; and

Figure 9 is a face view of a section of the wall of a stucco structure and a section of wire lath secured thereto by two of my improved wire fasteners.

Referring to the drawings in detail, throughout which like reference characters designate like parts:

1 designates the spacing block, and 2 the nail, of my improved wire fastener.

The spacing block 1, which is disk-shaped and provided with a central cylindrical opening 3, is formed of tibre composition such as wood or 'vegetabl'fiidp or iiiulch preferably impregnated with a water resisting preservative such as asphaltuin, mineral pitch, creosote or the like.

The nail 2 embodies a cylindrical shank 4: pointed at one end as indicated by the numoral 5, and up-set at its other end to form the usual fiat head 6.

The diameter of the opening 3 is substantially less than the diameter of the shank &, and the spacing block 1, which is intended to be carried on the nail, is normally frictionally locked on the forward end thereof (see Figs. 1 and 2) by forcing the point 5 a proper distance into the said opening.

7 represents portions of the wood-work of a stucco structure adapted to receive an exterior coating of stucco composition (the latter not shown), and which may comprise the usual vertical studding or frame-work of the structure, or sheathing boards or the like nailed across the face of such studding or frame-work.

8 designates building paper, which is secured across the face of the wood-work 7 and is intended to form both a backing against which the stucco composition is adapted to be spread in its application to the structure, and permanent weather-proofing means for preventing exterior water or moisture penetrating to said wood-work. In view of the fact that the building paper is used as a weatherproofing means, it is quite desirable that it shall form a continuous covering for said wood-work, with its edges well overlapping and with any perforations made therethrough by the driving of the nails 2 thoroughly sealed.

The comparatively broad seating area of the spacing blocks 1, together with the fact that both the spacing blocks and the building paper 8 are made of fibrous materials, and that the tendency of both of which is to give or yield when proper pressure is applied against the blocks by the driving of the nails 2, and also of the fact that the co-contacting surfaces of said blocks and paper are provided with asphaltum or like mineral pitch, permits of a substantially water-tight or water-resisting joint being effected between the blocks and the paper.

9 designates wire lath, which forms the reinforcement of the stucco composition and may comprise such type or design of wire fabric as shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings, or it may comprise any other suitable interwoven or inter-twisted wire mesh fabric. A practical and economical lath and one frequently used for stucco reinforcement being common poultry netting.

The lath 9 is disposed across the woodwork 7 and secured thereto at suitable intervals, at a distance outwardly from the paper 8, by means of my improved fasteners, and in which the spacing blocks 1, which are disposed between the paper 8 and the lath 9, form the means for holding the lath a predetermined distance outwardly from the paper and the nails form the means for holding the lath against the spacing blocks and the latter against the paper and the woodwork of the structure.

The spacing blocks 1, consisting of softer material than the lath 9, are intended to yield or give sufficiently under pressure of the latter when the latter is forced hard thereagainst by the driving of the nails 2, to permit the lath to form indents 10 in the face of the blocks 1 and to become embedded or partly embedded therein. It is obvious, of course, that the extent or degree of such indentation and the resultant embedment of the lath in the face of the blocks 1, is dependent upon the degree of force applied to the lath by the heads 6 in the driving of the nails 2. Such yielding or giving of the spacing blocks 1, and embedment of the lath 9 in the face thereof, serves to assist the head 6 in holding the lath on the blocks. It also provides a sort of cushioning for the lath, thereby avoiding injury thereto, particularly to the galvanizing with which it is usually covered, such injury would be likely to occur if the spacing blocks were composed of hard and unyielding material such as metal, particularly if the nails were accidentally driven excessively.

lVhile I prefer to cut the spacing blocks out of specially prepared sheets of fibrous com position, of desired thickness, impregnated while in course of manufacture with a suitable preservative such as bitumen or asphaltum pitch or the like, to prevent deterioration in service, particulany against deterioration induced by water penetrating to the blocks through the stucco composition, and also to prevent water leakage between the blocks and the building paper against which they seat, they may, if preferred, be cut out of commercial carton-board or paste-board of desired thickness and density, and after being cut impregnated with a suitable preservative of asphaltum pitch or the like, as aforesaid, by absorption by immersing the blocks, either before or after mounting them on the nails 2, in a liquid solution of the preservative, either under normal atmospheric pressure, or by subjecting the solution with the blocks immersed therein to any suitable induced pressure above atmospheric. If preferred, however, other means than those just described may be employed for forming and preparing the blocks.

In applying my invention, the building paper 8 is first secured across the face of the wood-work 7, next, the lath 9 is disposed exteriorly of the building paper, and next the wire fasteners are applied, one at a time, by proiecting the spacing blocks 1 forwardly through the meshes of the lath and manipulatin g the fasteners so as to bring the spacing blocks directly underneath the wires of the lath with the nail shanks disposed alongside the wires, and then driving the nails forward until the heads 6 engage the lath wires and force same down hard against the spacing blocks and the latter hard against the building paper.

The wire fasteners are adapted to secure the lath 9 in outstanding relation to the woodwork 7, and may be spaced therealong as best suited to the work to be done.

The lath 9 is adapted to form reinforce ment for the stucco composition (not shown), the latter adapted to be spread on and against the building paper 8 and on and around the lath 9 and the exposed portions of the wire fasteners.

The spacing blocks being formed of fibre composition of yieldable consistency or density, it is obvious that, unlike metal spacing blocks, they will injure neither the building paper against which they seat, nor the lath, even though the nails may be excessively driven.

The spacing blocks are intended to be factory-assembled on the forward end of the nails, and the fasteners, with the spacing blocks thus assembled, distributed and sold to the trade.

I claim:

1. A wire fastener comprising, a relatively soft spacing block formed of composition material including asphaltum material, and a relatively hard driven element having a shank member projecting through said block. said driven element having a head integral with said shank member arranged to cooper-- ate with said block for holding wire lath therebetween on any side of said shank.

2. A wire fastener comprising, a spacing cushioning block constructed principally of fibrous material and having an opening therethrough, an indentation extending across the face thereof along one side of said opening, and a cooperating nail projecting through said opening, said nail having head adapted to engage and bind a lath wire in said indentation.

3. A wire fastener comprising, a relatively soft solid spacing block formed of non-metallie composition material including a water proofing material derived from asphaltum, and a metallic driven element having a shank member projecting substantially concentrically through said block and having at one end a circumferentially extending head integral with said shank, said head and block adapted to coact for engaging and binding lath material therebetween on either side of said shank.

4:. A wire fastener comprising, a solid spacing block having opposed substantially flat sides and formed of composition material including fibrous material, said sides impregnated with material having asphaltuin as its base, and a headed nail projecting through said block from one of said sides to the opposite side, said nail adapted to be driven through building paper a distance in wall sheathing for causing the head of said nail to engage and bind lath material in the surface of one of said sides on either side of the nail and to cause the opposite side to seat firmly against said paper, said material having asphaltum as its base adapted to coact with said building paper to prevent water leaking between said paper and said block.

In testimony of the foregoing being my own, I have hereunto afiixed my signature this 12th day of July, 1924.

GEORGE F. VOIGHT. 

